Principal Programmer, Horde

PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE

What We Do

Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

We are looking for an experienced principal programmer to join our build framework team. You will be responsible for driving the technical direction of Horde, our in-house build system which provides a broad range of services including CI/CD, remote execution, build health, storage and analytics. This framework is critical to the delivery of our internal game projects as well as numerous organisations outside of Epic, with its official release to Unreal licensees happening just last year.

In this role, you will

• Work closely with mixed discipline teams across Epic, driving technical discussions to find scalable and achievable solutions based on the requirements of Horde’s stakeholders
• Steer the architecture of Horde, collaborating with the team to ensure new features fit the overall design, keeping the code base maintainable and extendable
• Bring a hands on approach, taking ownership of various parts of the Horde code base, implementing new features, fixing bugs and providing support to both our internal teams and Unreal licensees
• Operate effectively with teams spanning multiple timezones
• Provide guidance to Unreal licensees both in the form of technical documentation and working alongside developer relations to grow adoption of Horde and ensure we are delivering the best possible build system for anyone working with Unreal

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• In depth knowledge and experience developing and working with CI/CD systems used for large scale development involving high volumes of data, preferably in a live service environment
• Expert knowledge of C# and .NET
• Performance minded with excellent knowledge of multithreading and code optimisations
• Strong backend, server architecture knowledge, ideally experienced with ASP.NET
• Experience dealing with databases such as MongoDB and Redis, a good understanding of how to use them efficiently
• Experience working with cloud solutions such as AWS or Azure
• Ability to drive technical discussions and group brainstorms both within the team and across departments
• Highly collaborative with excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
• Previous experience working with Unreal and a good understanding of its tech stack is a plus

This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including NYC & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).